As a result, the former world No. 1 remains without a title in 2026 and now heads to Roland Garros without having reached a final on red clay this season.
For Svitolina, the victory sees her reach her third final of 2026 and her second at the WTA 1000 level. She opened the season by winning the title in Auckland, and later finished runner-up in Dubai, where she lost to Jessica Pegula in the final.
Awaiting Svitolina in Saturday’s final is world No. 4 Coco Gauff, who eased past No. 26 seed Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 6-3.
The Rome final will mark the sixth meeting between Svitolina and Gauff, with the Ukrainian leading the head-to-head 3-2. They have never met on clay, but Svitolina won both of their meetings earlier this season—in the Australian Open quarterfinals and the Dubai semifinals.
